The increased storage of suspended particulate matter in the upper water of the tropical Western Pacific during the 2015/2016 super El Niño event

Wei GAO; Zhenyan WANG; Xuegang LI; Haijun HUANG

doi:10.1007/s00343-021-0362-0

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The increased storage of suspended particulate matter in the upper water of the tropical Western Pacific during the 2015/2016 super El Niño event

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- The increased storage of suspended particulate matter in the upper water of the tropical Western Pacific during the 2015/2016 super El Niño event
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 39, Issue 5, Pages: 1675-1689(2021)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
  2.Laboratory for Marine Mineral Resources, Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao), Qingdao 266237, China
  3.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  4.Center for Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
  5.CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China
- Author bio：
  
  Zhenyan WANG, E-mail: zywang@qdio.ac.cn
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1007/s00343-021-0362-0
  CLC：
- Received：26 September 2020，
  
  Accepted：17 November 2020，
  
  Online First：08 June 2021，
  
  Published：2021-09
- Accepted：
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Wei GAO, Zhenyan WANG, Xuegang LI, et al. The increased storage of suspended particulate matter in the upper water of the tropical Western Pacific during the 2015/2016 super El Niño event[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2021, 39(5): 1675-1689.
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Wei GAO, Zhenyan WANG, Xuegang LI, et al. The increased storage of suspended particulate matter in the upper water of the tropical Western Pacific during the 2015/2016 super El Niño event[J]. Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2021, 39(5): 1675-1689. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-021-0362-0.

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Abstract

The climate variability induced by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) cycle drives significant changes in the physical state of the tropical Western Pacific

which has important impacts on the upper ocean carbon cycle. During 2015-2016

a super El Niño event occurred in the equatorial Pacific. Suspended particulate matter (SPM) data and related environmental observations in the tropical Western Pacific were obtained during two cruises in Dec. 2014 and 2015

which coincided with the early and peak stages of this super El Niño event. Compared with the marine environments in the tropical Western Pacific in Dec. 2014

an obviously enhanced upwelling occurred in the Mindanao Dome region; the nitrate concentration in the euphotic zone almost tripled; and the size

mass concentration

and volume concentration of SPM obviously increased in Dec. 2015. The enhanced upwelling in the Mindanao Dome region carried cold but eutrophic water upward from the deep ocean to shallow depths

even into the euphotic zone

which disrupted the previously N-limited conditions and induced a remarkable increase in phytoplankton blooms in the euphotic zone. These results reveal the mechanism of how nutrient-limited ecosystems in the tropical Western Pacific respond to super El Niño events. In the context of the ENSO cycle

if predicted changes in biogenic particles occur

the proportion of carbon storage in the tropical Western Pacific is estimated to be increased by more than 52%

ultimately affecting the regional and possibly even global carbon cycle. This paper highlights the prospect for long-term prediction of the impact of a super El Niño event on the global carbon cycle and has profound implications for understanding El Niño events.

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